Acrobat's British Hit Parade series has been established for over a decade as a unique range of completist original artist collections comprising every record that appeared in the UK record sales charts in every year since the charts began in 1952. In recent years Acrobat has introduced parallel collections which consist of the B sides of all the records included in the main compilations, and these have proved hugely popular with collectors, since many of the records concerned have never been available on CD and are very rarely heard. These two great value 4-CD sets are companion products to our existing 1958 British Hit Parade Parts One & Two (ACQCD7026 & 7027), and feature the B sides of the tracks on those anthologies, excluding the ones which appeared on the original collections as Double A-side hits. As ever, it's an eclectic snapshot of an ignored but fascinating aspect of the pop business, with an in-depth 10-000+ word booklet with background notes on every record.
Track Listing
Disc 1:
- Bill Justis and his Orchestra - The Midnight Man
- Charlie Gracie - You Got A Heart Like A Rock
- The Johnny Otis Show - Good Golly
- Michael Holliday - Keep Your Heart
- Elvis Presley - How Do You Think I Feel
- Danny And The Juniors - Sometimes (When I'm All Alone)
- Sam Cooke - Summertime
- Gary Miller - Put A Light In The Window
- Larry Williams - You Bug Me Baby
- Marion Ryan - Make The Man Love Me
- Elvis Presley - Treat Me Nice
- Dave King - I'll Buy You A Star
- Eydie Gorme - Until They Sail
- The King Brothers - Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)
- Paul Anka - When I Stop Loving You (That'll Be The Day)
- Alma Cogan - Love Is
- The Four Esquires - I Ain't Been Right Since You Left
- Elvis Presley - I Want To Be Free
- Elvis Presley - Don't Leave Me Now
- Elvis Presley - Baby I Don't Care
- Elvis Presley - Young And Beautiful
- Eddie Calvert (The Man With The Golden Trumpet) - Never Say Goodbye
- The Southlanders - Penny Loafers And Bobby Sox
- Ken Mackintosh and his Orchestra - Mojo
Disc 2:
- Frank Sinatra - Tell Her You Love Her
- The McGuire Sisters - Banana Split
- David Whitfield - My One True Love
- Louis Prima - Beep! Beep!
- Ricky Nelson - Waitin' In School
- Ronnie Hilton - One Blade Of Grass (In A Meadow)
- Alma Cogan - Getting' Ready For Freddie
- Bobby Helms - The Magic Song
- Nick Todd - I Do
- Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra - Sail Along Silvery Moon
- Petula Clark - The Little Blue Man
- Little Richard - Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey
- Tony Brent - Don't Save Your Love (For A Rainy Day)
- Tommy Steele & The Steelmen - Neon Sign
- George Hamilton IV - Even Tho'
- Marvin Rainwater - Baby Don't Go
- Ted Heath And His Music - Raunchy
- Michael Holliday - Rooney
- Buddy Holly - I'm Gonne Love You Too
Disc 3:
- Jackie Wilson - Come Back To Me
- Edric Connor - Yorumba Highlife
- The Crickets - Teel Me How
- Jackie Dennis - You're The Greatest
- Malcolm Vaughan - My Loving Arms
- Jimmie Rodgers - The Long Hot Summer
- Fats Domino - I Want You To Know
- Moe Koffman Quartette - Hambourg Bound
- The Champs - Train To Nowhere
- Connie Francis - You Were Only Fooling (While I was Falling In Love)
- Jerry Lee Lewis - Down The Line
- Ted Heath & His Music - Little Serenade (Picoolissinaserenata)
- Ronnie Hilton - Love Walked In
- Chordettes - Come-A-Back-A
- Chuck Berry - Reelin' And Rockin'
- Elias And His Zig Zag Jive Flutes - Ry-Ry
- Robert Earl - Someone
- The Mudlarks - Young Dove's Calling
- Elvis Presley - Don'cha Think it's Time
Disc 4:
- Perry Como - Dance Only With Me
- Frankie Avalon - Ooh La La
- Vic Damone - Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye To Rome)
- Frankie Vaughan - So Many Women
- Michael Holliday - May I'
- The Platters - Out Of My Mind
- David Whitfield - Afraid
- Terry Dene - Lover, Lover
- David Seville and His Orchestra - Don't Whistle At Me
- Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun
- Chuck Berry - Round And Around
- Johnny Mathis - Easy To Love
- Don Lang and his Frantic Five - Cool Baby Cool
- Paul Anka - Let The Bells Keep Ringing
- Perry Como - Prayer For Peace
- Michael Medwin, Alfie Bass, Bernard Bresslaw & Leslie Fyson - What We Do In The Army
- Marvin Rainwater introducing His Sister Patty - Two Fools In Love
- The Mudlarks - Yea, Yea
- Dean Martin - Forgetting You
- Doris Day - Teacher's Pet
- Four Preps - Stop, Baby
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